Consultation process
Review of Scheme for Establishment of Community CouncilsAdditional Information
Do you have any additional comments or suggestions regarding the Scheme for Community Councils?
Consultation process
Review of Scheme for Establishment of Community CouncilsDo you have any additional comments or suggestions regarding the Scheme for Community Councils?
In the first instance, our scheme should follow the Model Scheme (in the same way as does EAC and NAC). SAC can then add into the scheme where there are gaps - eg specific support and training.
Completely agree with this.
The Model Scheme was produced by Improvement Service Scotland, which is partly funded by SAC and approved by COSLA which is also partly funded by SAC. They put a lot of work into it so this is an exercise in duplication to go over and often "discover" what they have already produced. Most of Scotland uses the Model Scheme and it could be considered the best practice. The current Scheme in SAC is poorly written, confusing and contradictory in places - paid officers get it wrong again and again then expect volunteers to understand it "the way they do". South Ayrshire should align with the others and use the Model Scheme.
The information is very difficult to navigate and there is repetition. Could the language be improved to make it more user friendly, and there needs to be changes to reference to she/he throughout?
Paper copies of the documents are really useful but the way they are currently organised is not user friendly making to difficult to navigate. Finding the information you need quickly is so important.
It would be good to see the responsibilities of others to Community Councils mentioned e.g. elected members.
Statutory consultation for applications needs to be recognised and adhered to by Planning Department.
Guidance on blended meetings to enable members or the public to participate remotely is required.
This consultation is a bit of a nonsense. There appears to be around 6 individuals making comment. We have (I think) 29 CCs yet there has been no serious attempt to obtain views from CC members or members of the public attending CC meetings. Not a consultation.
Yes I understand that 3 notices of meeting to be published Should only be needed 1ce-website
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